Ipili Talking Dictionary

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abagane

n wing

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

agari nurugu mindi

n phrase a tall man

Speaker: Sam Ako

agari tomaki

n phrase short man

Speaker: Sam Ako

agarinai alie hekelelani

n phrase man’s penis

Speaker: Sam Ako

akebene

adj white

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

akepene

adj white

Speaker: Sam Ako

amane

n fish

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ambialene

sixteen; 16

Speaker: Sam Ako

ambulene

fifteen; 15

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ana

n moon

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ana

n moon

Speaker: Sam Ako

angini

n mother

Speaker: Sam Ako

ari

n sky

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

eka

n bird

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ekae irinulu

n feather

Speaker: Sam Ako

ekene

n tongue

Speaker: Sam Ako

endapabe

n garden wall

Speaker: Sam Ako

enga

n garden

Speaker: Sam Ako

enka

n garden

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

epele

thank you

Speaker: Sam Ako

hekeurane

n woman’s organ

Speaker: Sam Ako

ibamane

ibamane

n fish

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Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ibamane

n fish

Speaker: Sam Ako

indobu

goodbye

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ingane

n nose

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ipili pi

n Ipili language

Speaker: Sam Ako

irimajene

n leaf

Speaker: Sam Ako

irya

n wood

Speaker: Sam Ako

kaena

stars (design on bilum bag)

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kakayenra

n stars on flag

Speaker: Sam Ako

kawa irini

n hair

Speaker: Sam Ako

kawane

n head

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

keonrene

n toe; foot

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kionrene

n finger

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kiyanane

n elbow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kuparini

n lungs

Speaker: Sam Ako

kwa

n tree kangaroo

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kware

n stone

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kwentobe

n beads

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

kwimi

n bone

Speaker: Sam Ako

lapo

two; 2

Speaker: Sam Ako

lejia

thirteen; 13

Speaker: Sam Ako

maje

eleven; 11

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabe balyene

eighteen; 18

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabikirupana

twenty; 20

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabipelini

nineteen; 19

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabirabone

twenty-six; 26

Speaker: Sam Ako

nabiwaragane

twenty-two; 22

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

nabiyawini

twenty-three; 23

Speaker: Sam Ako

nai

n sun

Speaker: Sam Ako

namba ayene

n phrase my father

Speaker: Sam Ako

namba ayene

n phrase my father

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

namba ini

n phrase my daughter

Speaker: Sam Ako

namba pejogo

you go, I go

Speaker: Paulus

namba torobeye

n phrase my sweat

Speaker: Sam Ako

nambana ankari

n phrase my beard

Speaker: Sam Ako

nambana kuparini

n phrase my lungs

Speaker: Sam Ako

nu

Photo by K. David Harrison

n bilum bag

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

orongo

n day

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

paraga

six; 6

Speaker: Sam Ako

ponro

twenty-seven; 27

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ponro

twenty-seven; 27

Speaker: Sam Ako

pyanko

n dog

Speaker: Sam Ako

tani

n grass

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

tepo

three; 3

Speaker: Sam Ako

tona

n headband

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

toropeya

n sweat

Speaker: Sam Ako

tudwupene

adj red

Speaker: Sam Ako

tugumindi

four; 4

Speaker: Sam Ako

turuba

n blood

Speaker: Sam Ako

u

n axe

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

ubeden ~ (u) ubeden

hello

Speaker: Sam Ako

umbani

n skin

Speaker: Sam Ako

unyemindi

twenty-eight; 28

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

uru

n night

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

wananga

n girl

Speaker: Sam Ako

wenentoba

n beads

Speaker: Sam Ako

yanko

n dog

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yapa

n knife

Speaker: Sam Ako

yengin

n sow

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yerajia

seven; 7

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia agari

n boar

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia akambua

n phrase many pigs

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia andane

n phrase big pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia andane a

n phrase mama pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia andane pomberente wa amoko nampana

n phrase these three big black pigs of mine

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia andane pomboren tebo ambun nambana

n phrase these, my three big black pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia kambwa

n phrase many pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia nampana

n phrase my pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia nampana pomborene

n phrase my black pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia nenelu

Photo by K. David Harrison

n tusk

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia ogo

n phrase this pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia ogo andane

n phrase this big pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia ogo pomborene andane

n phrase this big black pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia oko andane

n phrase this big pig

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yia pomborena andane

n phrase big black pig

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia pomborene tebo

n phrase three black pigs

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia pop pomborene andane tebo nampana

n phrase these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Sam Ako

yia rebo

n phrase three pigs

Speaker: Koo Yandapake

yu

n earth; dirt

Speaker: Sam Ako

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Ipili Talking Dictionary produced by K. David Harrison, Neal Kelso and Jeremy Fahringer. (2020) Ipili language contributors are credited within the dictionary entries.
The Ipili Talking Dictionary was made possible by award no. 1555675 from National Science Foundation for “Collaborative Research: Plant, Fungal and Linguistic Diversity of Tafea Province, Vanuatu.” This support is gratefully acknowledged.
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